Xamarin form update listView itemSource

Question

Ok I have a ListView object which have a List<Filiale> as ItemSource and I'd like to refresh the ItemSource whenever the list of object change. The ListView has a personalized ItemTemplate For now I have done this:

public NearMe ()
{
    list=jM.ReadData ();
    listView.ItemsSource = list;
    listView.ItemTemplate = new DataTemplate(typeof(FilialeCell));
    searchBar = new SearchBar {
        Placeholder="Search"
    };
    searchBar.TextChanged += (sender, e) => {
        TextChanged(searchBar.Text);
    };
    var stack = new StackLayout { Spacing = 0 };
    stack.Children.Add (searchBar);
    stack.Children.Add (listView);
    Content = stack;
}

public void TextChanged(String text){
        //DOSOMETHING
        list=newList;
}

As you can see in the TextChanged method I assign a new list to the previous one but there are no changes in the view. In the ViewCell that I created I assign the Text field of the Labels with the SetBinding

Answer 1

You can set the ItemsSource of the ListView to null, and then set it back again, that does a table reload. http://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/18868/tableview-reloaddata-equivalent-for-listview

Answer 2

Just convert your System.Collections.Generic.List to a System.Collections.ObjectModel.ObservableCollection before binding it to the ListView.

Answer 3

Ok here is how I solved the problem, first of all I created a "wrapper" that implement INotifyPropertyChanged for the list that I was taking as ItemSource like this :

public class Wrapper : INotifyPropertyChanged
    {
        List<Filiale> list;
        JsonManager jM = new JsonManager ();//retrieve the list

        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
        public NearMeViewModel ()
        {
            list = (jM.ReadData ()).OrderBy (x => x.distanza).ToList();//initialize the list
        }

        public List<Filiale> List{ //Property that will be used to get and set the item
            get{ return list; }

            set{ 
                list = value;
                if (PropertyChanged != null)
                {
                    PropertyChanged(this, 
                        new PropertyChangedEventArgs("List"));// Throw!!
                }
            }
        }

        public void Reinitialize(){ // mymethod
            List = (jM.ReadData ()).OrderBy (x => x.distanza).ToList();
        }

Then in the NearMe class:

Wrapper nearMeVM = new Wrapper();
public NearMe ()
        {

            Binding myBinding = new Binding("List");
            myBinding.Source = nearMeVM;
            myBinding.Path ="List";
            myBinding.Mode = BindingMode.TwoWay;
            listView.SetBinding (ListView.ItemsSourceProperty, myBinding); 
            listView.ItemTemplate = new DataTemplate(typeof(FilialeCell));
            searchBar = new SearchBar {
                Placeholder="Search"
            };
            searchBar.TextChanged += (sender, e) => {
                TextChanged(searchBar.Text);
            };
            var stack = new StackLayout { Spacing = 0 };
            stack.Children.Add (searchBar);
            stack.Children.Add (listView);
            Content = stack;
        }
public void TextChanged(String text){
            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty (text)) {
                text = text [0].ToString ().ToUpper () + text.Substring (1);
                var filterSedi = nearMeVM.List.Where (filiale => filiale.nome.Contains (text));
                var newList = filterSedi.ToList ();
                nearMeVM.List = newList.OrderBy (x => x.distanza).ToList ();
            } else {
                nearMeVM.Reinitialize ();
            }

Answer 4

Change List to ObservableCollection and implement INotifyPropertyChanged to have changes reflect in your ListView.

Answer 5

You can define a base view model and inherit it from INotifyPropertyChanged

public abstract class BaseViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
    {
        protected bool ChangeAndNotify<T>(ref T property, T value, [CallerMemberName] string propertyName = "")
        {
            if (!EqualityComparer<T>.Default.Equals(property, value))
            {
                property = value;
                NotifyPropertyChanged(propertyName);
                return true;
            }


            return false;
        }


        protected void NotifyPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = "")
        {
            if (PropertyChanged != null)
            {
                PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
            }
        }

        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
    }

then in your viewmodel (Ex. JM) will be inherit from BaseViewModel and can create ObservableCollection<YOURLISTCLASS> List

Also your fields in ViewModel (Ex. JM) should implement like following:

public const string FirstNamePropertyName = "FirstName";
private string firstName = string.Empty;
public string FirstName 
{
    get { return firstName; }
    set { this.ChangeAndNotify(ref this.firstName, value, FirstNamePropertyName); }
} 

Hope this helps.